DJs of Mass Destruction
WAR II (the turd hunt continues…)

LABEL: Hip Hop Slam
RELEASE DATE: June, 2007
RELEASE #: 49
CATALOG #: HHS-100
FORMAT: CD

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WAR II (the turd hunt continues…) is the sequel to the controversial, critically acclaimed 2003 Hip Hop Slam release WAR (if it feels good, do it!) whose numerous accolades included making it into Robert Christgau's "honorable mention" list in the Village Voice.

The latest hip-hop anti-war/pro-peace collection is again produced by the DJs of Mass Destruction (Billy Jam, Dawgisht, DJ ALF, DJ Pone, & DnZ) with repeat cameos from Public Enemy, Shing02, and Steinski as well as first time contributions from the likes of emcees Little Larry and Will Villainova, DJ/producers Backyard Bangers, and UK hip-hop wordsmith Braintax. What helps make WAR II's message resound so strongly is the fact that several of its contributors are or have been members of the US Armed Forces including ALF, Dunn-D, and OkiZoo.

TRACKING

01) DJs of MASS DESTRUCTION / “The Turd Hunt Continues...”
02) SENECA + SHING02 / “WarTimes”
03) DJs of MASS DESTRUCTION / “Shut Up & Listen”
04) DUNN-D / “Wake Up”
05) STEINSKI / “Number 3 on FLT 11: a dirge”
06) WILL VILLAINOVA / “Same Year, Different Number”
07) BRAINTAX / “Exit Plans”
08) PUBLIC ENEMY / “He Got Game / Fuck The War: Live in London (DJ Pone remix)”
09) ALF-a-DAWG / ”Don't Worry? (Katrina Blues)”
10) LITTLE LARRY / “Peace On Earth Rap”
11) OKIZOO / ”Soldiers Letters”
12) DJs of MASS DESTRUCTION / “Addicted To Oil”
13) DJ ALF / “The Deployment”
14) BACKYARD BANGERS / ”The Road of Good Intentions”

Hip Hop Slam TV '93
Vol. 7

LABEL: Hip Hop Slam
RELEASE #: 47
RELEASE DATE: April, 2007
CATALOG #: HHS-107
FORMAT: DVD (NTSC)

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ORIGINAL AIR DATE: October 16, 1993

Volume 7 from the forgotten Bay Area hip-hop television series "Hip Hop Slam TV" that broadcast on October 16th in 1993 out of Oakland CA in all its lo-fi but authentic glory. Clocking in at just about an hour, this DVD includes interviews, freestyles, and videos.

DVD EPISODE 7 CHAPTERS INCLUDE:

Mad Flava - Interview and Freestyle + “Feel tha Flava (Remix)”
Mike DREAM - Interview with Malinda Bell (c/o Debonair Affair)
E-Dawg - Interview and Freestyle + "Drop Top"
Jazz Lee Alston - Interview and Spoken Word
"Finding a boyfriend for Pam the Funkstress"
Too Short - “I'm a Player”
Ice Cube - “Wicked”
The Coup - “Funk (Remix)”
Black Moon - “How Many Emcees?”
Nemesis - “Cantfiguritout”
Ultramagnetic MC's - “Raise It Up”
YZ - “The Ghetto's Been Good To Me”
Diamond D - “Fuck What U Heard?”

Hip Hop Slam TV '93
Vol. 6

LABEL: Hip Hop Slam
RELEASE #: 46
RELEASE DATE: April, 2007
CATALOG #: HHS-106
FORMAT: DVD (NTSC)

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ORIGINAL AIR DATE: October 9, 1993

Another rare episode from the forgotten Bay Area hip-hop television series "Hip Hop Slam TV" which broadcast on various Bay Area TV stations from 1990 to 1993. This series, considered to be the best by most TV fans at the time, was Episode 6 in the thirteen-episode, Saturday afternoon Hip Hop Slam TV show that ran in the summer/early fall of 1993 on legendary, now defunct, Oakland black music television station Soulbeat on Channel 37.

Clocking in at just an hour, this DVD includes all the highlights from an episode midway in the series, broadcast October 9th, 1993. It packs interviews, freestyles, and videos including KRS-1 (interview & freestyle), Pam the Funkstress (turntable session), Erick Sermon (interview and turntable display), and much much more.

DVD EPISODE 6 CHAPTERS INCLUDE:

KRS-ONE - Interview and Freestyle
+ Induction into the “Hip Hop Slam Hall of Fame”
KRS-ONE + Turntable T + Pam the Funkstress
Dan-I-Spencer - Interview and Reggae Freestyle
Erick Sermon - Interview and Getting Busy on the Turns
Turntable T + Pam & Boots (of The Coup)
Jamalski + DJ Frankie Stylee - Interview and Freestyle
Paris - “Days of Old”
Del - “Dr. Bombay”
Digital Underground - “Doowutchyalike (PartyHowYouLike mix)”

THREE EXTRA CHAPTERS:

“Pam knows karate” + C-Note
Dan K + Luenell (“Borat”) -
“Ultimate Phat Pak” giveaway
+ playing with Turntable T's hair
D.E.E.P. and Shictee - Freestyles

Hip Hop Slam TV '93
Vol. 3

LABEL: Hip Hop Slam
RELEASE #: 45
RELEASE DATE: March, 2007
CATALOG #: HHS-103
FORMAT: DVD (NTSC)

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ORIGINALLY AIR DATE: September 18, 1993

This is the first episode to be released (out of chronological order) from the forgotten Bay Area hip-hop television series "Hip Hop Slam TV" which broadcast on various Bay Area TV stations at different times in the early nineties. There were a few separate series including this one, an independently produced thirteen-series, Saturday afternoon Hip Hop Slam TV
show that ran in the summer/early fall on legendary, now defunct, Oakland black music television station Soulbeat on Channel 37. Clocking in at just an hour, this DVD includes all the highlights from the third episode (September 18, 1993) in that series including interviews, freestyles, and videos. Featured are the members of the then new ieroglyphics crew ("Hiero Day"), New Kingdom, and Fat Joe. Originally this show was taped and broadcast live every Saturday afternoon from 2 to 6 out of a small jenky but very special TV studio deep in East Oakland. The show always gave much love to the Bay Area scene at large, drawing no distinction between so-called "hip-hop" and "rap" which was typically discriminated against at the time by the average programmer and industry power-hitter.

NOTE: due to the underground nature of this rare recording some of the sound (on interview portions) may be "ghetto-style" which, as one praise-bestowing hip-hop critic gushed, is "all part of the charm and authenticity of Hip Hop Slam TV '93."

DVD EPISODE 3 CHAPTERS INCLUDE:

Hieroglyphics - Interview and Freestyle (Tajai of Souls)
(featuring Del thefunkeehomosapien, Souls of Mischief, Casual, Extra Prolific, Shamen, and Domino)
New Kingdom - Interview and Freestyle + “Good Times (Del remix)”
Fat Joe - Interview and Freestyle + “Flow Joe”
Del thefunkeehomosapien - “Mistadobalina”
Souls of Mischief - “’93 Til Infinity”
Casual - “That's How It Is”
Digital Underground - “The Return Of The Crazy One”

BONUS: Hidden TV Commercials

Hip Hop Slam TV '93
Vol. 8

LABEL: Hip Hop Slam
RELEASE #: 48
RELEASE DATE: April, 2007
CATALOG #: HHS-108
FORMAT: DVD (NTSC)

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ORIGINAL AIR DATE: October 23, 1993

"Hip Hop Slam TV '93" which broadcast on Bay Area TV stations in 1993 on Saturday afternoons on the legendary, now defunct, independent Oakland TV station Soulbeat. Clocking in at just an hour, this DVD, from an October 23rd live broadcast, includes interviews, freestyles, and videos including interviews with Too $hort, Spice-1, and Leaders of the New School (featuring a very young Busta Rhymes), plus DJ Apollo getting busy
on the ones and twos. Videos include ones by E-40, RBL Posse, and a mix of several Spice-1 music videos.

DVD EPISODE 8 CHAPTERS INCLUDE:

Leaders of the New School (L.O.N.S.) - Interview
Too $hort - Interview
Spice-1 - Interview
DJ Apollo - Turntable Performance + Interview
E-40 - "Practice Lookin Hard"
RBL Posse - "Don't Gimme No Bammer"
L.O.N.S. - "What's Next?!"
Spice-1 - "In My Neighborhood", "Trigga Gots No Heart", "187 Proof", & "East Bay Gangsta"